One World, Many Stories: Sharing Books from the Challenge

By Suroor Alikhan

25 November 2014

We finally held our reading event at the ICV Arcade last Wednesday (19 November)â€”on the one day that the Geneva public transport system decided to go on strike! I was worried that people wouldnâ€™t come, what with no buses or trams running, and traffic jams because more people were taking their cars. But we had a decent turn out, given the circumstances.

The readings covered the world (see list below). The audience enjoyed it, and we now have two new members! Judging by the discussion after the readings, people want us to do more events like this. Someone suggested having fewer readings with more time for an interactive discussion about the books. So it looks like weâ€™ve really started something!

The ICV Arcade team designed the poster and set everything up. ICVolunteers (International Communications Volunteers) is an international non-profit organization specializing in communications, in particular languages, communication technologies and conference support. The group runs the ICV Arcade, which holds cultural events. Itâ€™s a lovely, intimate space, and we look forward to doing more events with them.

List of books we read from:

Breaking Knees: Modern Short Stories from Syria, Zakaria Tamer (Syria)